Joseph Hasner
Joseph Hasner, Ritter von Artha (13 August 1819 – 2 February 1892) was an Austrian
ophthalmologist born in Prague. His brother, Leopold Hasner von Artha
(1818–1891), was an influential Austrian politician.
He studied medicine at the
University of Prague, and subsequently worked at the local general hospital (1842). In 1843 he was an assistant at Johann Fischer's eye clinic. In 1848 he gained his habilitation, and in 1852 he became an associate professor. From 1856 he was a "full professor" of ophthalmology
and a primary physician in Prague. Starting in 1869 he was an editor of the Vierteljahrsschrift für die praktische Heilkunde (from 1880- Zeitschrift für Heilkunde).
Hasner is remembered for the discovery of plica lacrimalis, which is a fold of
eyeball — this being due to pulling on the posterior pole by the optic nerve
.
Published works
Among his numerous publications is Klinische Vorträge über Augenheilkunde (Clinical Lectures on Ophthalmology), which is a collection of Hasner's lectures on
eye diseases and ophthalmoscopy
. Other noted writings by Hasner include:
- Beiträge zur Physiologie und Pathologie des Tränenableitungsapparats (Contributions to the Physiology and Pathology of the Lacrimal Drainage Apparatus), 1851
- Beiträge zur Physiologie und Pathologie des Auges (Contributions to the Physiology and Pathology of the Eye), 1873
- Über die Grenzen der Akkommodation des Auges (On the Limits of Accommodationof the Eye), 1875
- Das mittlere Auge in seinen physiologischen und pathologischen Beziehungen (The Median Eye in its Physiological and Pathological Relationships), 1879
- Die Verletzungen des Auges in gerichtsärztlicher Beziehung (The Injuries of the Eye in Forensic Medical Relationships), In: Maschka's Handbuch der gerichtlichen Medizin, Tübingen 1880
- Tycho Brahe und I. Kepler in Prag (Tycho Brahe and I. Kepler in Prague), 1872
References
- The Bernard Becker Collection in Ophthalmology (biographical information)
- List of publications and parts of the biography based on a translation of the German Wikipedia; named sources being:
- Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 4. Auflage. Band 8, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1885–1892, S. 203.
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, S. 54.